Text does not come down to meet footer.

[aluminum21]

Hello,

I have a strange one here, I think. As you'll see in Image 1 below, th
text does not always come down to meet the top of the footer area o
some pages (on the top right page). The top left page is okay at thi
point. This seems to occur at random throughout the document.

Image 1: http://oi42.tinypic.com/208hh6f.jpg

In Image 2 below, you will see what happens if I enter a paragraph par
way through the text. Now the top left page goes farther away from th
footer, and the top right page descends closer to the footer.

Image 2: http://oi40.tinypic.com/2e6a547.jpg

Any ideas how I can stop this so the text always reaches just above th
footer on every page?

Thanks

 

[Stefan Blom]

Look for Spacing Above formatting (Paragraph dialog box) applied to the
footer paragraph.

Note, however, that creating completely "balanced" pages is difficult in
Word. For a discussion of the factors involved, take a look at
http://wordfaqs.mvps.org/bottomline.htm.

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Four different settings can interact to yield uneven page lengths (and that's not even considering footnotes).

- Widow and Orphan Control (won't let a single line stand at the top or
bottom of a page; that's what's affecting the only page break visible in
your screen shot)

- Keep Lines Together (paragraph will never break across a page)

- Keep With Next (needed for headings and subheadings)

- Space Before / Space After (if you're going to use it, you need to set
it to a multiple or small fraction, e.g. 1/2, of the line spacing value)

(In your second screen shot, the upper left arrow is pointing to an empty
paragraph. Simply delete the paragraph.)